Continuation of the study of Portuguese language and
Portuguese-language cultures through classroom instruction. Conversational
practice and development of reading and writing skills. Prerequisite: PORT 120
or equivalent; or permission of instructor. See department chair.

Impact: The impact on the resources
and staffing of the Department of Foreign Languages will be minimal. By the end
of academic year 2007-2008, 20-25 students currently on campus will have
completed course work in the basic Portuguese sequence (PORT 110-120). Several
of those students have expressed an interest in going farther in their study of
Portuguese language and the cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world. The
addition of the courses will allow students to receive appropriate credit with
what is now being done with independent studies.At any one time, the number of students
enrolled in these courses will likely be small, and may be taught by means of
independent study. In the unlikely event of a large number of students
requesting these courses in a given semester, instruction will be done in
addition to regular assignment. As regards instructional labor, the Department
is able to carry out its full program with this addition. As regards resources,
Ramsey Library has purchased video materials to support instruction and has
agreed to purchase additional materials as requested and justified.

Rationale: This addition strengthens
the University’s language-learning option in Portuguese, the world’s seventh
most-spoken language, by extending instruction into a second year.It also extends instruction in the Portuguese-language
cultural area, with one part of which (the Brazilian state of Paraná) the University of North Carolina has a reciprocal
study-abroad agreement in force. The likely course instructor has many years of
experience in the teaching of Portuguese language and the cultures of the
Portuguese-speaking world.